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New Jersey Medical School Hand Surgery (Orthopaedic Surgery)

Fellowship · Newark, NJ

Sponsored by Rutgers Health · Director Irfan Ahmed

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Class size
1
Visas
J-1
PGY-6 salary
$90k2025 to 2026

Green flags

  • Fills every seat. Every seat filled in each of the last 5 Matches.
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Getting in

Who started, by class

Started 20261 on record of 1 seat · 1 published before starting
  • Clifford NovakUniversity of Minnesota3 papers · 1 first author
Started 20241 on record of 1 seat · 1 published before starting
  • John ChaoRutgers Health8 papers · 3 first author · 1 case report · 2 reviews

Training

3 training sites.

Months at each site

  • University Hospital10 mo
  • Overlook Medical Center2 mo

Where graduates work now

  • Confluence Health1
  • Mercy Hospital Springfield1
  • RWJBarnabas Health1

Research

565 papers by its people, 9,117 citations

  • Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
  • Diversity and Career in Medicine
  • Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Facial Trauma and Fracture Management
  • Foot and Ankle Surgery

People

Leadership

  • Irfan AhmedProgram Director

Find someone

Faculty, fellows, graduates and the people fellows publish with.

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ProgramPositions
ProgramPositions
  • Orthopaedic SurgeryPositions: 10
  • Orthopaedic SurgeryPositions: 20
  • Orthopaedic SurgeryPositions: 30
  • Orthopaedic SurgeryPositions: 20
  • Orthopaedic TraumaPositions: 1

Place

Summers reach 88°, winters fall to 26°. About 29 inches of snow a year.

Weather by month

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Commute

2.2M people live within 20 minutes of University Hospital by car with no traffic.

Cost of living

A one bedroom rents for about $2,120 a month within 10 miles of University Hospital.

Hazards

  • Strong wind
  • Winter storms
  • Heat waves
  • River flooding